How To - Fitting Lower Engine Mount (Diesel)

[Jakg]

Couple of safety things - do not do this under a jack! Properly support the car with axle stands!

Also - obvious, I know, but don't do this with a hot car - you'll have the turbo above your face, the exhaust just above your hair and the sump above your chin...!

First, jack up the car. I used the jacking point at the front of the car, as recommended by Haynes (in the centre of the engine bay, small bit of metal pokes through the undertray). Obviously only use a trolley jack for this!

Second, put some axle stands under the car. Haynes recommends putting them under the jacking points, but I found that the car was too low / the jack wouldn't go high enough so that just wasn't possible. Instead I put them under the front subframe.





Lower the car onto the axle stands and make sure it's secure BEFORE you get under it.

Now, remove the undertray - you'll find the screws (crosshead) are probably rusty and easy to destroy the heads so be careful. I've marked the locations of all the screws (although your car might not have as many as it should...)



(picture is taken from the top, on the bottom it's obviously just black)

You should now be left with this...



Your looking for the teardrop shaped mount, which can be seen just to the side of the exhaust, on the drivers side, near the wheel.

And the mount itself...



To remove, just undo the 2x 15mm bolts and it should easily come out



I replaced it with a new mount sporting a Powerflex bush



To refit, slide it in place and push the bolts through and do them up - I strongly recommend you do them up TIGHT as I had some very annoying vibrations at idle / through the clutch when I had only done them up loosely.

When finished should look like this



Then put the undertray back on (making sure it's done up WELL - LOADS of owners have undertrays fall off after being worked on!), raise the car, remove the axle stands, and drop the car back down, and your done

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[Brek]

Thats a great how to, and it really is that simple!

[Hodgy]

Brilliant how to mate. Well done Jake

[jovisd79]

wow, brilliant how to, really helpful, I might even be tempted to try this myself if i can pinch some axle stands from somewhere.

[ssizefive]

Nice & clear how to. It appears to be a bit easier on the diesel than on the V6, i replaced the one on our ZT last weekend but the lambda sensor stopped the bolt coming out - luckily the sensor came out ok & made life easier.

Steve.

[ramdonice]

i just ordered one and hopefully fit at weekend, not got axle stands so will use ramps instead but clutch is on its last legs so will jack it up on to them tho

[Dragrad]

Worthy indeed of a How To entry..... here.

Arctic - from your pics, is there a missing jack pad there in pic 4?

[Simon.h]

So your not changing the smaller bush then?

[Aletank]

Great easy How To !
Whats the symptoms of this failing ?
Where do we get the part from ? How Much ?

[Jakg]

Originally Posted by Simon.h

So your not changing the smaller bush then?

I am, but it hasn't arrived yet Been over a week now, the seller only dispatched it yesterday so should be here by the end of the week - so it should be on my car next week.

I got bored and thought i'd try fitting just the large bush, and then fit the small one later one to see what difference it makes.